COMPAS Robots

Basic infrastructure for working with robots in COMPAS.

Getting started with this project

Setup code editor

1. Open project folder in VS Code
2. Select python environment for the project
3. First time using VS Code and on Windows? Make sure select the correct terminal profile: Ctrl+Shift+P, Terminal: Select Default Profile and select Command Prompt.

All terminal commands in the following sections can be run from the VS Code integrated terminal.

First steps with git

1. Go to the Source control tab
2. Make an initial commit with all newly created files

First steps with code

1. Install the newly created project

   pip install -e .

2. Install it on Rhino

   python -m compas_rhino.install

Code conventions

Code convention follows PEP8 style guidelines and line length of 120 characters.

1. Check adherence to style guidelines

   invoke lint

2. Format code automatically

   invoke format

Documentation

Documentation is generated automatically out of docstrings and RST files in this repository

1. Generate the docs

   invoke docs

2. Check links in docs are valid

   invoke linkcheck

3. Open docs in your browser (file explorer -> dist/docs/index.html)

Testing

Tests are written using the pytest framework

1. Run all tests from terminal

   invoke test

2. Or run them from VS Code from the Testing tab

Publish release

Releases follow the semver versioning convention.

1. Create a new release

   invoke release major